[Distutils] distlib updated with resources API

[Georg Brandl]

On 09/27/2012 05:49 PM, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
> On 9/27/12 5:40 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> Tarek Ziadé <tarek <at> ziade.org> writes:
>>>> There are two of us maintaining hg.python.org: Georg and I. So, I don't
>>>> know about Georg, but I don't want to maintain repositories for every
>>>> third-party library that might one day become part of Python. OTOH, if
>>>> Georg wants to handle it, then fine
>>> Since I see distutils2, unittest2, stackless and many users repo in there,
>>> Please define the exact rules here - rather than you willingness to do
>>> the benevolent work.
>>>
>>> and what you mean by maintaining an extra repo exactly.
>> Maintaining a repo means setting it up and possibly changing the configuration
>> (e.g. commit hooks) when required. This is all done by hand by one of us.
>>
>> My main point is not that hg.p.o is closed to new repositories, but that it is
>> not meant to become a "forge" or an incubator where anyone can create new
>> Python repos. Is distlib important enough yet?
>
> I don't know what you mean by 'important'
>
> We removed packaging from Python and said we would work on a smaller set
> for inclusion.
>
> I've also said that I believed that it's simpler to include back wrt
> licensing if it's a code base
> that's under the contributors agreement.
>
> Last but not least, distlib is the plan forward endorsed by python-dev,
> so having it
> in hg.python.org makes that plan more legitimate, no ?

No, but I can see why you want it there, and I for one have no problems
creating and maintaining that repository.

> I frankly don't follow your reluctance here, and I find your definition
> of what can
> be in hg.python.org to be very vague

And we'd like to keep it that way.

> When I asked for a distutils2 repository it was done in 2 minutes and I
> did not
> have to argue for hours and potentially push the discussion to yet
> another packaging drama
>
> This is really annoying  :/

Are you sure you're not overreacting?

All that Antoine is saying is that hg.p.o is not a professional hosting
service, and the more repositories we have, the more (potential) requests
we may get that have to be processed.  If you can wait a few days for a
new hook to be installed -- then everything is fine.

Georg